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FORM 6 - K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a - 16 or 15d - 16 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

As of November 09, 2012

TENARIS, S.A.

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

TENARIS, S.A.

29 avenue de la Porte-Neuve

3rd Floor

L-2227 Luxembourg

(Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or 40-F.

Form 20-F ü Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12G3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes No ü

If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-___.

The attached material is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 13a-16 and Form 6-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This report contains Tenaris' Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 9, 2012


	Tenaris, S.A.


By: /s/ Cecilia Bilesio
Cecilia Bilesio
Corporate Secretary

TENARIS S.A.

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL

STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

29, Avenue de la Porte-Neuve – 3rd Floor.

L - 2227 Luxembourg

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INTERIM INCOME STATEMENT

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)			Three-month period ended September 30,						Nine-month period ended September 30,
	Notes		2012			2011			2012			2011
Continuing operations			(Unaudited)						(Unaudited)
Net sales		3		2,657,069			2,494,840			8,075,910			7,221,927
Cost of sales	3 & 4			(1,658,967	)		(1,563,520	)		(4,964,776	)		(4,534,895	)
Gross profit				998,102			931,320			3,111,134			2,687,032
Selling, general and administrative expenses	3 & 5			(458,716	)		(464,419	)		(1,389,514	)		(1,384,396	)
Other operating income (expense), net	3 & 10 b)			44,174			1,654			49,027			4,303
Operating income				583,560			468,555			1,770,647			1,306,939
Interest income		6		9,413			5,547			24,702			19,747
Interest expense		6		(18,247	)		(14,073	)		(40,860	)		(39,362	)
Other financial results		6		(15,154	)		28,019			(18,549	)		16,669
Income before equity in earnings of associated companies and income tax				559,572			488,048			1,735,940			1,303,993
Equity in earnings of associated companies				14,406			1,514			44,624			48,519
Income before income tax				573,978			489,562			1,780,564			1,352,512
Income tax				(136,491	)		(124,074	)		(429,490	)		(358,124	)
Income for the period				437,487			365,488			1,351,074			994,388

Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Company				436,431			324,991			1,341,360			931,583
Non-controlling interests				1,056			40,497			9,714			62,805
				437,487			365,488			1,351,074			994,388

Earnings per share attributable to the equity holders of the Company during the period:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares (thousands)		7		1,180,537			1,180,537			1,180,537			1,180,537
Continuing operations
Basic and diluted earnings per share (U.S. dollars per share)		7		0.37			0.28			1.14			0.79
Basic and diluted earnings per ADS (U.S. dollars per ADS)		7		0.74			0.55			2.27			1.58

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INTERIM STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	Three-month period ended September 30,						Nine-month period ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(Unaudited)						(Unaudited)
Income for the period		437,487			365,488			1,351,074			994,388
Other comprehensive income:
Currency translation adjustment		20,746			(466,628	)		(20,766	)		(231,136	)
Changes in the fair value of derivatives held as cash flow hedges		20,715			(18,389	)		279			(12,599	)
Share of other comprehensive income of associates:
- Currency translation adjustment		(5,396	)		(36,776	)		(96,741	)		(31,127	)
- Changes in the fair value of derivatives held as cash flow hedges		(335	)		447			416			1,279
Income tax relating to components of other comprehensive income (*)		1,049			(1,090	)		(683	)		(2,762	)
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax		36,779			(522,436	)		(117,495	)		(276,345	)
Total comprehensive income for the period		474,266			(156,948	)		1,233,579			718,043

Attributable to:
Equity holders of the Company		473,052			(125,295	)		1,229,789			695,205
Non-controlling interests		1,214			(31,653	)		3,790			22,838
		474,266			(156,948	)		1,233,579			718,043

(*) Relates to cash flow hedges

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements. These Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with our audited Consolidated Financial Statements and notes for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011.

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INTERIM STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)			At September 30, 2012			At December 31, 2011
	Notes		(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment, net		8		4,327,490			4,053,653
Intangible assets, net		9		3,242,640			3,375,930
Investments in associated companies		11		1,104,436			670,248
Other investments				2,567			2,543
Deferred tax assets				222,758			234,760
Receivables				129,903	9,029,794		133,280	8,470,414
Current assets
Inventories				2,988,690			2,806,409
Receivables and prepayments				278,126			241,801
Current tax assets				182,832			168,329
Trade receivables				1,919,482			1,900,591
Available for sale assets		13		21,572			21,572
Other investments				888,760			430,776
Cash and cash equivalents				787,540	7,067,002		823,743	6,393,221
Total assets					16,096,796			14,863,635
EQUITY
Capital and reserves attributable to the Company’s equity holders					11,172,365			10,506,227
Non-controlling interests					179,541			666,716
Total equity					11,351,906			11,172,943
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings		11		599,053			149,775
Deferred tax liabilities				781,588			828,545
Other liabilities				206,340			233,653
Provisions				67,499			72,975
Trade payables				1,222	1,655,702		2,045	1,286,993
Current liabilities
Borrowings				1,343,059			781,101
Current tax liabilities				256,893			326,480
Other liabilities				385,860			305,214
Provisions				20,899			33,605
Customer advances				160,188			55,564
Trade payables				922,289	3,089,188		901,735	2,403,699
Total liabilities					4,744,890			3,690,692
Total equity and liabilities					16,096,796			14,863,635

Contingencies, commitments and restrictions to the distribution of profits are disclosed in Note 10.

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)

	Attributable to equity holders of the Company
	Share Capital (1)		Legal Reserves		Share Premium		Currency Translation Adjustment			Other Reserves			Retained Earnings (2)			Total			Non-controlling interests			Total
																						(Unaudited)
Balance at January 1, 2012		1,180,537		118,054		609,733		(211,366	)		9,688			8,799,581			10,506,227			666,716			11,172,943

Income for the period		-		-		-		-			-			1,341,360			1,341,360			9,714			1,351,074
Currency translation adjustment		-		-		-		(13,673	)		-			-			(13,673	)		(7,093	)		(20,766	)
Hedge reserve, net of tax		-		-		-		-			(1,492	)		-			(1,492	)		1,088			(404	)
Share of other comprehensive income of associates		-		-		-		(96,741	)		335			-			(96,406	)		81			(96,325	)
Other comprehensive income for the period		-		-		-		(110,414	)		(1,157	)		-			(111,571	)		(5,924	)		(117,495	)
Total comprehensive income for the period		-		-		-		(110,414	)		(1,157	)		1,341,360			1,229,789			3,790			1,233,579
Acquisition of non-controlling interests (see Note 11)		-		-		-		-			(268,517	)		-			(268,517	)		(490,060	)		(758,577	)
Dividends paid in cash		-		-		-		-			-			(295,134	)		(295,134	)		(905	)		(296,039	)
Balance at September 30, 2012		1,180,537		118,054		609,733		(321,780	)		(259,986	)		9,845,807			11,172,365			179,541			11,351,906

	Attributable to equity holders of the Company
	Share Capital (1)		Legal Reserves		Share Premium		Currency Translation Adjustment			Other Reserves			Retained Earnings			Total			Non-controlling interests			Total
																						(Unaudited)
Balance at January 1, 2011		1,180,537		118,054		609,733		108,419			15,809			7,869,807			9,902,359			648,221			10,550,580

Income for the period		-		-		-		-			-			931,583			931,583			62,805			994,388
Currency translation adjustment		-		-		-		(190,232	)		-			-			(190,232	)		(40,904	)		(231,136	)
Hedge reserve, net of tax		-		-		-		-			(16,298	)		-			(16,298	)		937			(15,361	)
Share of other comprehensive income of associates		-		-		-		(31,127	)		1,279			-			(29,848	)		-			(29,848	)
Other comprehensive income for the period		-		-		-		(221,359	)		(15,019	)		-			(236,378	)		(39,967	)		(276,345	)
Total comprehensive income for the period		-		-		-		(221,359	)		(15,019	)		931,583			695,205			22,838			718,043
Acquisition of non-controlling interests		-		-		-		-			(1,940	)		-			(1,940	)		(14,639	)		(16,579	)
Treasury shares held by associated companies		-		-		-		-			(3,339	)		-			(3,339	)		-			(3,339	)
Dividends paid in cash		-		-		-		-			-			(247,913	)		(247,913	)		(11,699	)		(259,612	)
Balance at September 30, 2011		1,180,537		118,054		609,733		(112,940	)		(4,489	)		8,553,477			10,344,372			644,721			10,989,093

(1) The Company has an authorized share capital of a single class of 2.5 billion shares having a nominal value of USD1.00 per share. As of September 30, 2012 and 2011 there were 1,180,536,830 shares issued. All issued shares are fully paid.

(2) The Distributable Reserve and Retained Earnings as of September 30, 2012 calculated in accordance with Luxembourg Law are disclosed in Note 10.

CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)			Nine-month period ended September 30,
	Note		2012			2011
Cash flows from operating activities			(Unaudited)
Income for the period				1,351,074			994,388
Adjustments for:
Depreciation and amortization	8 & 9			420,597			400,465
Income tax accruals less payments				(126,196	)		109,933
Equity in earnings of associated companies				(44,624	)		(48,519	)
Interest accruals less payments, net				(24,382	)		(28,455	)
Changes in provisions				(18,182	)		10,319
Changes in working capital				(55,708	)		(492,611	)
Other, including currency translation adjustment				11,237			(118,460	)
Net cash provided by operating activities				1,513,816			827,060

Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures	8 & 9			(587,890	)		(673,930	)
Acquisitions of subsidiaries and associated companies		11		(510,825	)		-
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets				3,798			3,339
Dividends and distributions received from associated companies				18,708			17,229
Changes in investments in short term securities				(457,984	)		41,986
Net cash used in investing activities				(1,534,193	)		(611,376	)

Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid				(295,134	)		(247,913	)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest in subsidiaries				(905	)		(11,699	)
Acquisitions of non-controlling interests		11		(758,577	)		(16,579	)
Proceeds from borrowings				1,705,377			713,518
Repayments of borrowings				(682,230	)		(715,262	)
Net cash used in financing activities				(31,469	)		(277,935	)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents				(51,846	)		(62,251	)
Movement in cash and cash equivalents
At the beginning of the period				815,032			820,165
Effect of exchange rate changes				11,809			(3,798	)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents				(51,846	)		(62,251	)
At September 30,				774,995			754,116

			At September 30,
Cash and cash equivalents				2012			2011
Cash at banks, liquidity funds and short-term investments				787,540			764,787
Bank overdrafts				(12,545	)		(10,671	)
				774,995			754,116

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1	General information
2	Accounting policies and basis of presentation
3	Segment information
4	Cost of sales
5	Selling, general and administrative expenses
6	Financial results
7	Earnings and dividends per share
8	Property, plant and equipment, net
9	Intangible assets, net
10	Contingencies, commitments and restrictions to the distribution of profits
11	Other acquisitions
12	Related party transactions
13	Nationalization of Venezuelan Subsidiaries
14	Subsequent event

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(In the notes all amounts are shown in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise stated)

1	General information

Tenaris S.A. (the "Company") was established as a public limited liability company (Société Anonyme) under the laws of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg on December 17, 2001. The Company holds, either directly or indirectly, controlling interests in various subsidiaries in the steel pipe manufacturing and distribution businesses. References in these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements to "Tenaris" refer to Tenaris S.A. and its consolidated subsidiaries. A list of the principal Company’s subsidiaries is included in Note 31 to the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2011.

The Company’s shares trade on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the Italian Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange; the Company’s American Depositary Securities (“ADS”) trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

These Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements were approved for issuance by the Company’s Board of Directors on November 7, 2012.

2	Accounting policies and basis of presentation

These Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, “Interim Financial Reporting”. The accounting policies used in the preparation of these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements are consistent with those used in the audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2011. These Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2011, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standard Board (“IASB”) and adopted by the European Union (“EU”).

The preparation of Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make certain accounting estimates and assumptions that might affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the balance sheet dates, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the reported periods. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Material inter-company transactions, balances and unrealized gains (losses) on transactions between Tenaris subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. However, since the functional currency of some subsidiaries is its respective local currency, some financial gains (losses) arising from inter-company transactions are generated. These are included in the Consolidated Condensed Interim Income Statement under Other financial results.

Under Mexican law, the Company’s Mexican subsidiaries are required to pay to their employees an annual benefit calculated on a similar basis to that used for local income tax purposes. Employee statutory profit sharing is recorded in current other liabilities in the Consolidated Condensed Interim Statement of Financial Position. Effective January 1, 2012, the Mexican employee statutory profit sharing provision has been included as part of labor cost (approximately $28.3 million in Cost of sales and $3.9 million in Selling, general and administrative expenses respectively for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011).

The comparative amounts have been reclassified to conform to changes in presentation in the current year.

Starting January 1, 2012, the Company changed the functional currency of its Mexican, Canadian and Japanese subsidiaries from their respective local currencies to the U.S. dollar.

In Mexico, following the start up of a new rolling mill for the production of seamless pipes at its subsidiary, Tubos de Acero de Mexico S.A. or Tamsa, the Company has concluded that the most appropriate functional currency for Tamsa is the U.S. dollar. The new added capacity is converting Tamsa into a major exporter of seamless steel pipes, as a great majority of its production will be exported to most major oil and gas markets with a U.S. dollar economic environment, in addition, seamless pipes sales are denominated and settled in U.S. dollars.

2	Accounting policies and basis of presentation (Cont.)

In Canada, the Company has concluded that the most appropriate functional currency for its two major steel pipe production facilities (Algoma and Prudential) is the U.S. dollar, due to a significant increase in the level of integration of the local operations within Tenaris’s international supply chain system, evidenced by a higher level of imports as well as a higher level of exports from the Canadian production facilities to the U.S. market.

The Company believes that due to the high level of integration in terms of sales and supply chain of its worldwide operations in the Tubes segment, the U.S. dollar is the currency that best reflects the economic environment in which it operates, which is consistent with that of the oil and gas industry.

As a result of these changes in functional currency, a majority of the Company’s subsidiaries other than the Italian and Brazilian have the U.S. dollar as their functional currency.

3	Segment Information

Following the acquisition of the non-controlling interests in Confab Industrial S.A. (Confab) and its further delisting, the Company has changed its internal organization and therefore combined the Tubes and Projects segment.

The Projects segment operations mainly comprised the operations of Confab in Brazil. The business in Brazil has changed with the development of the Brazilian offshore pre-salt projects. Historically, most of Projects sales were of line pipe for onshore pipelines and equipment for petrochemical and mining applications, but now, the company is positioning itself as a supplier of mainly OCTG and offshore line pipe, very similar to the rest of the Tubes segment. In order to strengthen Tenaris position in Brazil, the Company acquired the non-controlling interest and delisted Confab, changing its internal organization in order to fully integrate the Brazilian operations with the rest of the Tubes operations.

Therefore, as of September 2012, after including the operations of the formerly Projects segment into Tubes, the Company is organized in one major business segment, Tubes, which is also the reportable operating segment.

Additionally, the coiled tubing operations, which were previously included in the Tubes segment and which accounted for 1% of total sales in 2011, have been reclassified to Others.

The Tubes segment includes the production and sale of both seamless and welded steel tubular products and related services mainly for the oil and gas industry, particularly oil country tubular goods (OCTG) used in drilling operations, and for other industrial applications with production processes that consist in the transformation of steel into tubular products. Business activities included in this segment are mainly dependent on the oil and gas industry worldwide, as this industry is a major consumer of steel pipe products, particularly OCTG used in drilling activities. Demand for steel pipe products from the oil and gas industry has historically been volatile and depends primarily upon the number of oil and natural gas wells being drilled, completed and reworked, and the depth and drilling conditions of these wells. Sales are generally made to end users, with exports being done through a centrally managed global distribution network and domestic sales made through local subsidiaries.

Others include all other business activities and operating segments that are not required to be separately reported, including the production and selling of sucker rods, welded steel pipes for electric conduits, industrial equipment, coiled tubing and raw materials that exceed internal requirements.

Tenaris’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CEO) holds monthly meetings with senior management, in which operating and financial performance information is reviewed, including financial information that differs from IFRS principally as follows:

- The use of direct cost methodology to calculate the inventories, while under IFRS is at full cost, including absorption of production overheads and depreciation.

- The use of costs based on previously internally defined cost estimates, while, under IFRS, costs are calculated at historical cost (with the FIFO method).

3	Segment Information (Cont.)

- The sales of energy and surplus raw materials, are considered as lower cost of goods sold, while under IFRS are considered as revenues.

- Other timing and no significant differences.

Reportable operating segments

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	(Unaudited)
Nine-month period ended September 30, 2012	Tubes			Other			Total
Management View
Net Sales		7,444,328			578,647			8,022,975
· Sales of energy and surplus raw materials		881			52,054			52,935
IFRS - Net Sales		7,445,209			630,701			8,075,910

Management View
Operating income		1,538,252			91,547			1,629,799
· Differences in cost of sales and others		(11,923	)		1,918			(10,005	)
· Depreciation and amortization (**)		153,294			(2,441	)		150,853
IFRS - Operating income		1,679,623			91,024			1,770,647
Financial income (expense), net								(34,707	)
Income before equity in earnings of associated companies and income tax								1,735,940
Equity in earnings of associated companies								44,624
Income before income tax								1,780,564

Capital expenditures		574,221			13,669			587,890
Depreciation and amortization		407,054			13,543			420,597

	(Unaudited)
Nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 (*)	Tubes		Other		Total

IFRS
Net Sales		6,586,107		635,820		7,221,927
Operating income		1,200,470		106,469		1,306,939
Financial income (expense), net						(2,946	)
Income before equity in earnings of associated companies and income tax						1,303,993
Equity in earnings of associated companies						48,519
Income before income tax						1,352,512

Capital expenditures		667,917		6,013		673,930
Depreciation and amortization		387,365		13,100		400,465

(*) Comparative amounts have been reclassified to disclose the information according to the reporting segment the Company is organized as of September 30, 2012.

(**) Depreciation and amortization under Management view is approximately $151 million higher, mainly because goodwill and other intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are amortized in a 10 year period (approximately $96 million). In addition, customer relationships is also amortized in a fixed period of 10 years under Management view (approximately $31 million).

Net income under Management view amounted to $1.071 million, while under IFRS amounted to $1.351 million. In addition to the above, the main differences arise from the impact of functional currencies on financial result, income taxes as well as the result of investment in associated companies.

3Segment Information (Cont.)

Geographical information

	(Unaudited)
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	North America		South America		Europe		Middle East & Africa		Far East & Oceania		Total
Nine-month period ended September 30, 2012
Net sales		4,043,952		1,936,220		836,547		888,562		370,629		8,075,910
Depreciation and amortization		233,885		77,482		86,148		5,578		17,504		420,597
Capital expenditures		264,393		162,393		145,317		5,433		10,354		587,890

Nine-month period ended September 30, 2011
Net sales		3,122,603		1,886,460		839,378		960,245		413,241		7,221,927
Depreciation and amortization		211,529		78,622		88,491		1,318		20,505		400,465
Capital expenditures		410,356		118,701		121,699		12,784		10,390		673,930

Allocation of net sales to geographical information is based on customer location. Allocation of depreciation and amortization is based on the geographical location of the underlying assets.

There are no revenues from external customers attributable to the Company’s country of incorporation (Luxembourg). For geographical information purposes, “North America” comprises Canada, Mexico and the USA; “South America” comprises principally Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela; “Europe” comprises principally Italy, Norway, Romania and United Kingdom; “Middle East and Africa” comprises principally Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Jordan; “Far East and Oceania” comprises principally China, Indonesia and Japan.

4	Cost of sales

	Nine-month period ended September 30,
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	2012			2011
	(Unaudited)
Inventories at the beginning of the period		2,806,409			2,460,384

Plus: Charges of the period
Raw materials, energy, consumables and other		3,289,857			3,231,953
Increase in inventory due to business combinations		1,486			-
Services and fees		331,227			268,064
Labor cost (see Note 2)		930,428			864,925
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		246,248			233,968
Amortization of intangible assets		5,422			3,892
Maintenance expenses		189,266			159,886
Allowance for obsolescence		42,862			5,833
Taxes		4,830			3,883
Other		105,431			74,306
		5,147,057			4,846,710

Less: Inventories at the end of the period		(2,988,690	)		(2,772,199	)
		4,964,776			4,534,895

5	Selling, general and administrative expenses

	Nine-month period ended September 30,
(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	2012		2011
	(Unaudited)
Services and fees		160,112		164,494
Labor cost (see Note 2)		420,706		404,070
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment		10,465		8,809
Amortization of intangible assets		158,462		153,796
Commissions, freight and other selling expenses		414,864		403,461
Provisions for contingencies		6,435		37,917
Allowances for doubtful accounts		2,725		5,233
Taxes		122,536		109,304
Other		93,209		97,312
		1,389,514		1,384,396

6	Financial results

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	Nine-month period ended September 30,
	2012			2011
	(Unaudited)
Interest income		24,702			19,747
Interest expense (*)		(40,860	)		(39,362	)
Interest net		(16,158	)		(19,615	)
Net foreign exchange transaction results		(12,111	)		63,812
Foreign exchange derivatives contracts results (**)		3,872			(42,276	)
Other		(10,310	)		(4,867	)
Other financial results		(18,549	)		16,669
Net financial results		(34,707	)		(2,946	)

Net foreign exchange transaction results include those amounts that affect the gross margin of certain subsidiaries which functional currencies are different from the U.S. dollar.

(*) Includes interest rate swap losses of $5.2 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011.

(**) Includes a loss of $0.4 million and a loss of $7.7 million on an identified embedded derivative for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012 and September 30, 2011, respectively.

7	Earnings and dividends per share

Earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net income attributable to equity holders of the Company by the daily weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.

	Nine-month period ended September 30,
	2012		2011
	(Unaudited)
Net income attributable to equity holders		1,341,360		931,583
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (thousands)		1,180,537		1,180,537
Basic and diluted earnings per share ( U.S. dollars per share)		1.14		0.79
Basic and diluted earnings per ADS ( U.S. dollars per ADS) (*)		2.27		1.58

(*) Each ADS equals two shares

7	Earnings and dividends per share (Cont.)

On May 2, 2012 the Company’s shareholders approved an annual dividend in the amount of $0.38 per share ($0.76 per ADS). The amount approved included the interim dividend previously paid in November 2011, in the amount of $0.13 per share ($0.26 per ADS). The balance, amounting to $0.25 per share ($0.50 per ADS), was paid on May 24, 2012. In the aggregate, the interim dividend paid in November 2011 and the balance paid in May 2012 amounted to approximately $449 million.

8	Property, plant and equipment, net

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	2012			2011
	(Unaudited)
Nine-month period ended September 30,
Opening net book amount		4,053,653			3,780,580
Currency translation adjustment		(26,598	)		(150,383	)
Additions		556,400			645,751
Disposals		(7,038	)		(3,339	)
Increase due to business combinations		6,285			-
Transfers		1,501			(192	)
Depreciation charge		(256,713	)		(242,777	)
At September 30,		4,327,490			4,029,640

9	Intangible assets, net

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	2012			2011
	(Unaudited)
Nine-month period ended September 30,
Opening net book amount		3,375,930			3,581,816
Currency translation adjustment		(523	)		(18,461	)
Additions		31,490			28,179
Increase due to business combinations		1,128			-
Transfers		(1,501	)		192
Amortization charge		(163,884	)		(157,688	)
At September 30,		3,242,640			3,434,038

10	Contingencies, commitments and restrictions to the distribution of profits

Contingencies

This note should be read in conjunction with Note 26 to the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2011.

a)	Conversion of tax loss carry-forwards

On December 18, 2000, the Argentine tax authorities notified Siderca S.A.I.C., a Tenaris subsidiary organized in Argentina (“Siderca”), of an income tax assessment related to the conversion of tax loss carry-forwards into Debt Consolidation Bonds under Argentine Law No. 24.073. The adjustments proposed by the tax authorities represent an estimated contingency of approximately ARS 114 million (approximately $24.4 million) at September 30, 2012, in taxes and penalties. Tenaris believes that it is not probable that the ultimate resolution of the matter will result in an obligation. Accordingly, no provision was recorded in these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements.

10	Contingencies, commitments and restrictions to the distribution of profits (Cont.)

Contingencies (Cont.)

b)	Collection of Court Judgment in Brazil

In August 2012, Confab Industrial S.A., a Tenaris subsidiary organized in Brazil (“Confab”) collected from the Brazilian government an amount, net of attorney fees and other related expenses, of approximately Brazilian reais (“BRL”) 99.8 million (approximately $49.2 million), recorded in other operating income. The income tax effect on this gain amounted to approximately $17.1 million. This payment was ordered by a final court judgment that represents Confab’s right to interest and monetary adjustment over a tax benefit that had been paid to Confab in 1991 and determined the amount of such right. While certain extraordinary appeals from the Brazilian government seeking to reverse the court judgment are still pending, Tenaris believes that the likelihood of a reversal is remote.

Commitments

Set forth is a description of Tenaris’s main outstanding commitments:

A Tenaris company is a party to a five-year contract with Nucor Corporation, under which it committed to purchase from Nucor steel coils, with deliveries starting in January 2007 on a monthly basis. The Tenaris company has negotiated a one-year extension to the original contract, through December 2012. Prices are adjusted quarterly in accordance with market conditions. As of September 30, 2012 the estimated aggregate amount of the contract at current prices is approximately $79 million.

A Tenaris company has renegotiated its previous ten year steel bars purchase contract with Rio Tinto Fer et Titane (ex- QIT) , under which the Tenaris company had originally committed to purchase steel bars, with deliveries starting in July 2007. The amended contract gives either party the right to terminate the agreement upon a 2 year- written notice. As of September 30, 2012 no significant commitment arises.

A Tenaris company entered into a contract with Siderar, a subsidiary of Ternium S.A. (“Ternium”) for the supply of steam generated at the power generation facility that Tenaris owns in the compound of the Ramallo facility of Siderar. Under this contract, Tenaris is required to provide to Siderar 250 tn/hour of steam through 2018, and Siderar has the obligation to take or pay this volume. The amount of this gas supply agreement totals approximately $83 million.

Restrictions to the distribution of profits and payment of dividends

As of September 30, 2012, equity as defined under Luxembourg law and regulations consisted of:

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	(Unaudited)
Share capital		1,180,537
Legal reserve		118,054
Share premium		609,733
Retained earnings including net income for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012		22,704,134
Total equity in accordance with Luxembourg law		24,612,458

At least 5% of the Company’s net income per year, as calculated in accordance with Luxembourg law and regulations, must be allocated to the creation of a legal reserve equivalent to 10% of the Company’s share capital.

As of December 31, 2011, this reserve is fully allocated and additional allocations to the reserve are not required under Luxembourg law. Dividends may not be paid out of the legal reserve.

The Company may pay dividends to the extent, among other conditions, that it has distributable retained earnings calculated in accordance with Luxembourg law and regulations.

10	Contingencies, commitments and restrictions to the distribution of profits (Cont.)

Restrictions to the distribution of profits and payment of dividends (Cont.)

At September 30, 2012, distributable amount under Luxembourg law totals $23.3 billion, as detailed below.

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars)	(Unaudited)
Retained earnings at December 31, 2011 under Luxembourg law	23,024,194
Other income and expenses for the nine month period ended September 30, 2012	(24,926	)
Dividends paid	(295,134	)
Retained earnings at September 30, 2012 under Luxembourg law	22,704,134
Share premium	609,733
Distributable amount at September 30, 2012 under Luxembourg law	23,313,867

11	Other acquisitions

Non controlling interests

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2011, additional shares of certain Tenaris subsidiaries were acquired from non-controlling shareholders for approximately $16.6 million.

Acquisition of participation in Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (“Usiminas”)

On January 16, 2012, Tenaris’s Brazilian subsidiary, Confab acquired 25 million ordinary shares of Usiminas, representing 5.0% of the shares with voting rights and 2.5% of the total share capital. The price paid for each ordinary share was BRL36, representing a total cost to Confab of $504.6 million. Confab financed the acquisition through an unsecured 5-year term loan in the principal amount of $350 million and cash on hand.

This acquisition is part of a larger transaction pursuant to which Ternium, certain of its subsidiaries and Confab joined Usiminas’ existing control group through the acquisition of ordinary shares representing 27.7% of Usiminas’ total voting capital and 13.8% of Usiminas’ total share capital. In addition, Ternium, its subsidiaries and Confab entered into an amended and restated Usiminas shareholders’ agreement with Nippon Steel, Mitsubishi, Metal One and Caixa dos Empregados da Usiminas (“CEU”), an Usiminas employee fund, governing the parties’ rights within the Usiminas control group. As a result of these transactions, the control group, which holds 322.7 million ordinary shares representing the majority of Usiminas’ voting rights, is now formed as follows: Nippon Group 46.1%, Ternium/Tenaris Group 43.3%, and CEU 10.6%. The rights of Ternium and its subsidiaries and Confab within the Ternium/Tenaris Group are governed under a separate shareholders agreement.

On October 30, 2012, Usiminas published its interim accounts as of and for the nine-months ended September 30, 2012, which state that revenues, post-tax losses from continuing operations and net assets amounted to $4,943 million, $126 million and $8,295 million, respectively.

As of the date of issuance of these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements, the Company has not yet completed its purchase price allocation procedure, which will be finished and included in the year-end financial statements. Once the purchase price allocation has been completed, certain modifications to the value attributed to the assets and liabilities acquired may be required. In addition to its net share of the losses ($4 million), during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2012, the Company recognized other negative adjustments in connection with its investment in Usiminas for a total amount of $62 million. These negative adjustments, which are recorded as other comprehensive loss, are mainly attributable to a currency translation adjustment generated by the investment in Usiminas being maintained in BRL and are calculated as provided by IAS 21. As a result of these losses, the Company’s participation in Usiminas as of September 30, 2012 amounted to $437.7 million. The Company has not yet completed any impairment test over its investment in Usiminas.

11	Other acquisitions (Cont.)

Tenaris accomplishes Confab delisting

Following a proposal by shareholders representing 32.6% of the shares held by the public in its controlled Brazilian subsidiary Confab, Tenaris filed on January 27, 2012, a request with CVM (Brazil’s securities regulator) and the Sao Paulo stock exchange seeking their approval to a delisting tender offer to acquire all of the ordinary and preferred shares held by the public in Confab.

On March 22, 2012, following receipt of all requisite approvals from CVM and the Sao Paulo stock exchange, Tenaris launched the offer for a price in cash of BRL 5.85 per ordinary or preferred share, subject to adjustments as described in the offer documents. The shareholders parties to the proposal had agreed to the offer price and had committed to tender their shares into the offer.

On April 23, 2012, at the auction for the offer, a total of 216,269,261 Confab shares were tendered. As a result, Tenaris attained the requisite threshold to delist Confab from the São Paulo Stock Exchange. The final cash price paid in the auction was BRL 5.90 per ordinary or preferred share (or approximately $3.14 per ordinary or preferred share). Subsequent to the auction, on April 23, 2012, Tenaris acquired 6,070,270 additional Confab shares in the market at the same price. Upon settlement of the offer and these subsequent purchases on April 26, 2012, Tenaris held in the aggregate approximately 95.9% of Confab.

Between April 24 and May 11, 2012, Tenaris acquired additional shares representing approximately 2.3% of Confab at the same price paid in the auction of the offer.

On June 6, 2012, Confab exercised its right to redeem the remaining shares at the same price paid to the tendering shareholders (adjusted by Brazil’s SELIC rate) and Confab became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tenaris.

Tenaris total investment in Confab shares pursuant to these transactions amounted to approximately $758.5 million.

Business combination

In August 2012, Tenaris acquired 100% of the shares of Filettature attrezzature speciali tubolari S.R.L. (“Fast”), through the payment of a price of $21.4 million.

Net equity acquired amount to $19.9 million (mainly cash and cash equivalents for $14.9 million and fixed assets for $6.2 million). Had the transaction been consummated on January 1, 2012, then Tenaris’s unaudited pro forma net sales and net income from continuing operations would not have changed materially.

12	Related party transactions

As of September 30, 2012:

·	San Faustin S.A., a Luxembourg public limited liability company (Société Anonyme) (“San Faustin”), owned 713,605,187 shares in the Company, representing 60.45% of the Company’s capital and voting rights.

·	San Faustin owned all of its shares in the Company through its wholly-owned subsidiary Techint Holdings S.à r.l., a Luxembourg private limited liability company (Société à responsabilité limitée) (“Techint”).

·	Rocca & Partners Stichting Administratiekantoor Aandelen San Faustin, a Dutch private foundation (Stichting) (“RP STAK”) held shares in San Faustin sufficient in number to control San Faustin.

·	No person or group of persons controls RP STAK.

Based on the information most recently available to the Company, Tenaris’s directors and senior management as a group owned 0.12% of the Company’s outstanding shares.

12	Related party transactions (Cont.)

At September 30, 2012, the closing price of the Ternium’s ADS as quoted on the New York Stock Exchange was $19.62 per ADS, giving Tenaris’s ownership stake a market value of approximately $450.7 million. At September 30, 2012, the carrying value of Tenaris’s ownership stake in Ternium, based on Ternium’s IFRS financial statements was approximately $645.8 million.

Transactions and balances disclosed as “Associated” companies are those with companies over which Tenaris exerts significant influence or joint control in accordance with IFRS, but does not have control. All other transactions with related parties which are not Associated and which are not consolidated are disclosed as “Other”.

The following transactions were carried out with related parties.

(all amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars):

(Unaudited)

Nine-month period ended September 30, 2012	Associated (1)		Other		Total
Transactions
(a) Sales of goods and services
Sales of goods		29,712		47,001		76,713
Sales of services		10,564		3,663		14,227
		40,276		50,664		90,940

(b) Purchases of goods and services
Purchases of goods		341,243		15,855		357,098
Purchases of services		81,255		69,499		150,754
		422,498		85,354		507,852

(Unaudited)

Nine-month period ended September 30, 2011	Associated (2)		Other		Total
Transactions
(a) Sales of goods and services
Sales of goods		29,361		78,916		108,277
Sales of services		11,104		3,527		14,631
		40,465		82,443		122,908

(b) Purchases of goods and services
Purchases of goods		108,814		16,201		125,015
Purchases of services		65,604		90,562		156,166
		174,418		106,763		281,181

(Unaudited)

At September 30, 2012	Associated (1)			Other			Total
Period-end balances

(a) Arising from sales / purchases of goods / services
Receivables from related parties		52,620			15,205			67,825
Payables to related parties		(76,037	)		(11,127	)		(87,164	)
		(23,417	)		4,078			(19,339	)

(b) Financial debt
Borrowings		(4,673	)		(2,149	)		(6,822	)

At December 31, 2011	Associated (2)			Other			Total
Year-end balances

(a) Arising from sales / purchases of goods / services
Receivables from related parties		40,305			11,352			51,657
Payables to related parties		(38,129	)		(6,983	)		(45,112	)
		2,176			4,369			6,545

(b) Financial debt
Borrowings		(8,650	)		(1,851	)		(10,501	)

12	Related party transactions (Cont.)

(1) Includes Ternium S.A. and its subsidiaries (“Ternium”), Condusid C.A. (“Condusid”), Finma S.A.I.F (“Finma”), Lomond Holdings B.V.

group (“Lomond”), Socotherm Brasil S.A. (“Socotherm”), Techinst S.A.(“ Techinst”), Arhsa S.A. (“Arhsa”), Hydril Jindal International Private Ltd (“Hydril Jindal”) and Usiminas.

(2) Includes Ternium, Condusid, Finma, Lomond, Socotherm and Hydril Jindal.

13	Nationalization of Venezuelan Subsidiaries

In May 2009, within the framework of Decree Law 6058, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chávez announced the nationalization of, among other companies, the Company's majority-owned subsidiaries TAVSA - Tubos de Acero de Venezuela S.A. ("Tavsa") and, Matesi Materiales Siderúrgicos S.A ("Matesi"), and Complejo Siderúrgico de Guayana, C.A ("Comsigua"), in which the Company has a non-controlling interest (collectively, the “Venezuelan Companies").

In July 2009, President Chávez issued Decree 6796, which ordered the acquisition of the Venezuelan Companies' assets and provided that Tavsa's assets would be held by the Ministry of Energy and Oil, while Matesi and Comsigua's assets would be held by the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mining. Decree 6796 also required the Venezuelan government to create certain committees at each of the Venezuelan Companies; each transition committee must ensure the nationalization of each Venezuelan Company and the continuity of its operations, and each technical committee (to be composed of representatives of Venezuela and the private sector) must negotiate over a 60-day period (extendable by mutual agreement) a fair price for each Venezuelan Company to be transferred to Venezuela. In the event the parties failed to reach agreement by the expiration of the 60-day period (or any extension thereof), the applicable Ministry would assume control and exclusive operation of the relevant Venezuelan Company, and the Executive Branch would be required to order their expropriation in accordance with the Venezuelan Expropriation Law. The Decree also specifies that all facts and activities thereunder are subject to Venezuelan law and any disputes relating thereto must be submitted to Venezuelan courts.

In August 2009, Venezuela, acting through the transition committee appointed by the Minister of Basic Industries and Mines of Venezuela, unilaterally assumed exclusive operational control over Matesi, and in November, 2009, Venezuela, acting through PDVSA Industrial S.A. (a subsidiary of Petróleos de Venezuela S.A.), formally assumed exclusive operational control over the assets of Tavsa.

In 2010, Venezuela’s National Assembly declared Matesi’s assets to be of public and social interest and ordered the Executive Branch to take the necessary measures for the expropriation of such assets. In June 2011, President Chávez issued Decree 8280, which orders the expropriation of Matesi’s assets as may be required for the implementation of a state-owned project for the production, sale and distribution of briquettes, and further instructs to commence negotiations and take any actions required for the acquisition of such assets.

Tenaris’s investments in the Venezuelan companies are protected under applicable bilateral investment treaties, including the bilateral investment treaty between Venezuela and the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union, and Tenaris continues to reserve all of its rights under contracts, investment treaties and Venezuelan and international law. Tenaris has also consented to the jurisdiction of the ICSID in connection with the nationalization process.

In August 2011, Tenaris and its wholly-owned subsidiary Talta - Trading e Marketing Sociedad Unipessoal Lda (Talta), initiated arbitration proceedings against Venezuela before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) in Washington D.C., pursuant to the bilateral investment treaties entered into by Venezuela with the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union and Portugal. In these proceedings, Tenaris and Talta seek adequate and effective compensation for the expropriation of their investment in Matesi. This case was registered by the ICSID on September 30, 2011.

In July 2012, given the absence of progress in the discussions on compensation since the expropriation of Tavsa and Comsigua, Tenaris and Talta initiated separate arbitration proceedings against Venezuela before the ICSID, pursuant to the bilateral investment treaties entered into by Venezuela with the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union and Portugal. In these proceedings, Tenaris and Talta seek adequate and effective compensation for the expropriation of their respective investments in the above mentioned companies.

13	Nationalization of Venezuelan Subsidiaries (Cont.)

Based on the facts and circumstances described above and following the guidance set forth by IAS 27R, the Company ceased consolidating the results of operations and cash flows of the Venezuelan Companies as from June 30, 2009, and classified its investments in the Venezuelan Companies as financial assets based on the definitions contained in paragraphs 11(c)(i) and 13 of IAS 32.

The Company classified its interests in the Venezuelan Companies as available-for-sale investments since management believes they do not fulfill the requirements for classification within any of the remaining categories provided by IAS 39 and such classification is the most appropriate accounting treatment applicable to non-voluntary dispositions of assets.

Tenaris or its subsidiaries have net receivables with the Venezuelan Companies as of September 30, 2012 for a total amount of approximately $28 million.

The Company records its interest in the Venezuelan Companies at its carrying amount at June 30, 2009, and not at fair value, following the guidance set forth by paragraphs 46(c), AG80 and AG81 of IAS 39.

14	Subsequent event

Interim dividend payment

On November 7, 2012, the company’s board of directors approved the payment of an interim dividend of $0.13 per share ($0.26 per ADS), or approximately $153 million, on November 22, 2012 with an ex-dividend date of November 19, 2012.

		Ricardo Soler
		Chief Financial Officer